Starting Monday, and continuing through Sept...

TOWSON --

TOWSON -- Starting Monday, and continuing through Sept. 10, the county Health Department will provide free immunization shots for infants, children and adults at six locations.

No appointments are needed, but children must be accompanied by adults who can sign a consent form. Adults should bring shot records. The first clinic will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Board of Education headquarters, 6901 N. Charles St.

They continue Tuesday at the Baltimore Highlands/Lansdowne and Essex health centers, and Aug. 31 at Liberty Family Resources Center, all from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Sept. 9, shots will be offered at Deer Park Middle School, and Sept. 10 at Middle River Middle School, both from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Information: 410-887-2705.

Ruppersberger resting after surgery on right foot

TOWSON

TOWSON -- Surgery on County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger's right foot was completed yesterday in a two-hour operation at Union Memorial Hospital, where he will likely remain for several days, spokesman Michael H. Davis said.

The operation went as expected, Davis said. Ruppersberger must stay off the foot for at least six weeks, the first two of which will be spent at home.

The operation by Dr. Mark S. Myerson, who specializes in foot and ankle surgery, was to correct a deformity caused by flat feet and relieve nerve damage that occurred after an operation on the foot two years ago.

County community colleges get third grant installment

CATONSVILLE

CATONSVILLE -- A $30,000 grant has been presented to the Community Colleges of Baltimore County foundation by NationsBank -- the third installment of a $150,000 commitment.

Irving Pressley McPhail, CCBC chancellor, called the donation a "critical key" to reaching his goal of shaping the schools into one of the nation's premier two-year systems.

The $150,000 grant is being disbursed during a five-year period to the schools in Catonsville, Essex and Dundalk. Each school will receive $10,000 annually for student scholarships.

Police are searching for a 13-year-old boy who was last seen Aug. 6 at Herring Run Fun Camp at Sinclair Lane and Moravia Road in Northeast Baltimore.

Russell Biscoe, who is black, 5 feet 2 inches and 100 pounds, lives in the 4500 block of Freedom Way in O'Donnell Heights, police said. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, white shorts and blue high-top Converse tennis shoes when last seen.

Anyone with information on Russell's whereabouts is asked to call the missing persons unit at 410-396-2334.

Indiana man is charged with two sex offenses

The FBI has arrested an Indiana man accused of distributing child pornography on the Internet and traveling here to engage in sexual acts with a minor.

Jeffrey D. Cosby, 42, of Indianapolis was arrested Friday near the 200 block of E. Pratt St., the FBI said. He was charged with traveling in interstate commerce for the purposes of engaging in a sexual act with a minor and distributing child pornography in interstate commerce using a computer, the FBI said.

The FBI alleged that Cosby, using the Internet, contacted someone he believed was a 13-year-old female and expressed a willingness to travel to Baltimore to engage in sex. When he arrived at an arranged meeting place, he was arrested by FBI agents.